Improvement in bridles



D. T VAN ANTWERP.

BRIDLES.

Patented Aug.29,1876.

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DANIEL T. VAN ANTWERP, 0E PROPHETSTOWN, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT m BRIDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,747, dated August 29, 1876 application filed July 22, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL T. VAN ANT- WERP, of Prophetstown, Whiteside county, Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Bridle Head-Strap, of which the following is a specification:

The figure is a perspective view of the upper part of a bridle-headstall to which my improvement has been applied.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved attachment for bridle headstalls, to enable the horses head to be'raised or lowered, as desired, and to enable a vicious or unruly horse to be more readily controlled.

The invention consistsin the adjustable straps attached to the head-strap of a bridleheadstall, and in the overdraw'straps, constructed as hereinafter described, in combination with the head-strap and the adjustable straps to receive the bit-rings and the checkrein,as set forth.

Ais the head-strap, the ends of which are branched to receive the cheek-straps and the throat-latch, and which pass through the loops of the brow-band B. To the head-strap A are secured the straps O, for the check-rein to pass through, and which may be taken up or let out, according as the horses head is to be raised or lowered. To the center of the head-strap A is attached a buckle, D,- to receive the blinder stays, E are the overdraw straps, which are joined together at their middle parts, and their lower ends are secured to the bit-rings. The upper ends of the overdrawstraps E pass through loops in the straps G at the sides of the buckle D, and have loops formed upon, or gag-runners attached to, their ends, to receive the check-rein.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat" 

